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    r · V At its special session held in the spring of 1897 the Gen- i ete
    · eral Assembly of Kentucky enacted a law entitled "An act to Ol-
i   j provide for the inspection of nursery stock and to prevent the er;
t t dissemination of noxious insects and fungi," which has for its
- { object the protection of fruit growers and nurserymen from ha
K     losses caused by insect and other enemies of young trees. The ot]
  g immediate and pressing need for such a law was occasioned mz
' by the introduction into some of the Eastern States of the it
L \ very destructive San ]ose scale,’i‘ and the consequent danger _· th
W i , i that it would be brought to Kentucky on imported nursery · to
F     stuff and spread among our orchards and nurseries. fo
if   The scale was already present in New York, New jersey, ob
  l Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, \Vest Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, €X
  t ‘ Illinois 3.1l(l other states,. being especially prevalent in the ce
  , coast states named, while it was present only in isolated spots P6
  - in the interior. The danger that Kentucky orchards and nur- is
    series would soon become infested was imminent, and it was the W*
  ‘ l Y aim of members of the State Horticultural Society, who were _ 81
·   chiefly instrumental in bringing the matter before tl1e General Pf
  I Assembly, to have a law passed that would keep the scale out
  T of thc State; and hence the act that subsequently became a 3,
  q law was draftedr mainly with reference to this purpose. ii]
  j It was anticipated that a trial of such a law might reveal €¤
 I » defects not then apparent, especially since the time in which QI W
    to put the act in shape for introduction was brief. The law Ul
  l *See Bulletin 67 of this Station for an account of the insect and rem- . el
·   t edies for its injuries. . bx
  ` 1The Kentucky law is thc saute in its general features as one that A
  had previously been adopted by the State of Maryland.
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